Another section of the survey focused on national sporting heroes with Liverpool's Steven Gerrard topping that poll.

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Their achievement was to turn American Survey into a section of interest not just to British readers but also to Americans.

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The IEDC survey purports to be a cross-section of viewpoints, based on feedback from 301 people who work in economic development departments, local and state government and nonprofits.

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We decided to browse the painting section, though we could use a five-question survey to get recommendations or search by artists' names.

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Mr McCormack, La Societe Guernesiaise historic buildings section secretary, said he was happy with the department's response to the survey, but there were too many delays in the current system.

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